economy, which is okay, and the european economy which is contracting further. difference between a federal reserve that may step back from easing and other banks in europe that may have to go further in easing and difference between the eurozone as well itself. so the pmi data that carl refers to indicate that we're still getting the eurozone contracting in the second quarter, but look at the difference now between france and germany. germany is beginning to pull back but these two major economies right at the heart of the eurozone, the two biggest economies going in different directions, the rest of the eurozone falling and france arguably questionably going into a tail spin along with that. so let's work our way through the price action in response to that. yes, if you look at the minors because of what's happening with the feds and metals, you see the mining stocks are in negative territory. it's also time for a lot of europeans to book profits they've had. the french banks, for example, you can see they, too, are coming into negative territory. the question